a late with, [000:00:00;00] with russia says its forces have killed hundreds of foreign mercenaries and destroyed multiple ukrainian military assets inside the done yet people's republic with the decisive battle for control of the area in full swing. while in the neighboring lugens, the people's republic, our correspondent joins a russian combat patrol that's mopping up hostile resistance from ukrainian troops . dressed as civilians and the recently recaptured city of lease to job with control that we will we, the now pulling for backup. holostar potential haul stopped in the park with

building and he just took a short, many ukrainian soldiers who were left behind have now changed into civilian clothes . saudi arabia says it's relations with the united states and china are not mutually exclusive. that's in the wake of jo biden's, much hyped, but ultimately lack luster. trip to the middle east. and sri lanka is acting, president, slams western sanctions against russia, saying they are only bringing 3rd world countries like the impoverished south asia nation to their need. with just after 4 pm here on the russian capital and you're watching are international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now, up to $254.00 and mercenaries have been killed in russia's latest strikes on ukrainian military sites inside the danielle people's republic, that's according to russia's defense ministry,

ukrainian forces. the. this footage was released by the mayor of the city of border left in the done yes, the people's republic showing what local officials have described as ukrainian artillery shelling of a residential neighborhood. several houses and a cafe were reportedly damaged in that attack. across in neighboring, in the neighboring lugens peoples republic, russian forces are restoring order and the key city of least a chance. after recently retaking the area, our senior corresponded more. i'd gasdio joined some of the troops on patrol there, as they encountered armed resistance from hostile stragglers with petrol that we were with the now cooling for back up as a hostile potential hostile in an apartment building. and he just took

a short please control. the problem is that many ukrainian soldiers who deserted why were left behind who were left behind have now changed into civilian clothes and a hiding in the apartments that they have broken into 0. can i show up on you who did not get a hold of done with weaver? now been us to leave all rather escorted away from the area. the display, special operation on the way reinforcements of a rod. they're going to sweep the building a high, high rise 9th floor apartment building floor by fuel apartment by apartment concluded to catch this person who fulfilled a 3rd day that has been taking pot shots. 5 i would truly truth. every day, more ukrainian dessert is and stragglers found. some come in peacefully will others

play, hide and seek? why did you decide to change into sweden, clothes, and abandoned the military units? also, there was no sense in going anywhere. it's either a bulletin had or a criminal charge at i'm a local so i decided to say, so you found it was futile to continue to fight. indeed, we were constantly retreating. where should we go to next to europe with one for michelle. why didn't you try to leave the army earlier? yeah, thank you. michelle. if we left would be short. why our own the forces? what every capture ukrainian, so to has confirmed is that morale amongst their forces was disastrous. the crating of food was felt abandoned. but it felt like cabin fog fitness and he didn't like it. when you look at the morale in my units who was very low as we were constantly retreating with and didn't have enough ammunition. the commander stay

far from the front and came out only to purge. i saw that personally. well, i was in the city with every day the cities commandant tells us chaos and lawlessness. rashid water strengthens. but there is a long way to go. yet one of these one thing to end, the violence and the crime and the looting and the tarley another convinced the public that they will to come back. or i guys d a r t family she chance la guns people's republic. saudi arabia's top diplomat says re adds relations with the u. s. and china are not mutually exclusive. that's after joe biden made a promising but ultimately fruitless visit to the region and an attempt to drum up local support for washington and its allies, our policies to build pressure. and we want to be able to deal with everybody in china is our largest trading partner. it's huge market for energy and

a huge market in the future with saudi arabia refusing to digits, relations with china, in favor of pandering to the united states interests. washington is still setting insights on ultimate geopolitical dot dominance in the middle east with more on how biden's tor has dashed us hopes for a grand return to the region. years are tease policy. we're findings for day, middle east of his over. but the question of what actually achieved is still up in the air. his bid for more and cheap oil has been blown out of the water, mostly the impact of this visit. i suspect you won't see that for another a couple weeks. we, i'd say as a chemist, its oil production, bianca 13000000 barrels a day and off to shunning the kingdom over the 2018 killing of saudi joan is jamal cash hockey. all eyes were on what might and would say to the conference i

in thank you. thank you. thank you. that's exactly what bite enabled saudi arabia while on his campaign trail back in 2019. but now fighting his tongue, he came asking for a favor while still trying to save his own face. correct? all of us saudi prior, i don't hear anything i said, but you don't system from a to why do you mm mm. i didn't make leaders from the golf compilation council invited to place it into the united arab emirates to washington, also announcing $1000000000.00 to believe hunger in the region. while his overall message to ab lead is was, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to refill by china, russia we're room will seek to build on this moment with active principle american

leadership. china was not impressed. a phasing shot record bite and saying that the middle east was not someone's back yard, let alone a so called vacuum. meanwhile, american forces continue to target terrorists in the region and are deployed at basis to off the middle east. still, this didn't stop bite and from suggesting he was to it paid so much america did in iraq, afghanistan, easy for him. not for the families of a 1000000 iraqis killed not to mention the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. and what about his very own, for deon? slip, always honor the bravery, selfishness, selflessness of the who sacrifices bind and turned one page to another. this time he ran, of course, and bumping up support against these le public. the united states stresses that integrity to this pledge is a commitment never to allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. and that it is prepared to use all elements of its natural power

to ensure that outcome make no mistake by what elements bind and mint does. that also means for that you would use of force against iran, is that with that me, if you have a last resort and that he also failed to mention how close the event nuclear program was tied to how america means for catered to ran with sanctions. because at the end of the day, it's one thing for mind and to say that the u. s. will not walk away from the middle east. it's quite another to ask how much the middle east once the americans to stay, especially now when washington has so little to offer. although we'll can await, might not even be an option anymore. we'll get more on the story now. we're going to go live to former indian ambassador and foreign service veteran m k. bob kumar. thank you very much for joining us on

the program. now the 1st thing i want to ask you about is the fact that saudi arabia says it's relations with the u. s. and china are not mutually exclusive. what do you make of re ads position here? and what kind of message do you think they're trying to send to other countries? i think there's so many couple of days, you know, so that traditionally we didn't the same then keeps to taught students. so most of the time. but you know, for the 1st time, you know, a 30 strategic on me and in the case of the kingdom means and follow me. we said the, the united states. that is a kind of trent that was nice to be 40 years ago. i think they have crystalized that we

need to lead figure to be in the state in the region with it, and they can get on to the against russia and china. i think this is a message from me, you know, i hope this is something that shoes in the middle, the real policy for them in the region while we all the machine and hopefully that the are the munition. so it's interesting to i want to listen and to get better for you. so the story was speaking of russia and

china biden said he wants to prevent them from expanding their influence in the middle east. do you think he's managed to make any progress in that regard? life, so it's good to be that, you know, that's sort of going to have to do to make the mean that the united states has to be content with just mitchell. and so i cannot be part of it. so you know, why didn't certainly came, but i didn't vince to form a kind of anatomy, it's lilia lambs, and also require mystic want to do this, you know, in terms of the jewish lobby. perhaps because you know this military lens that he was proposing and integrated in a different system. now, you know, you as somebody come on chief is already you need to discuss that. and that's also

an integrated system that is really against it on i don't know about that in the region please. he did a all of the positive trends that we have been seeing and regional politics in terms of the normalization. and so they get on the from the case normalization. so they're already been united, see, should have done was to remove this increase to come down and one all that and reading the white media, you sort of back, you know, the thing, if you could support it. i think the read you were good and again, and they were manifested me from 4 to

5 and they're really russia and saying we by the, by the, by the sodium 40 minutes. he's 20 pm. he has said all this of all the consumer. and so you might look, but on the mentally what we did or what does it mean, it in place that kind of finding a policy would be track as in the $980.00 to bring down the places to an extent in russia, in court. i didn't know that, you know, was there playing out in the final phase of the soviet union? know this is that,

that he was intimating by getting the so you got to break up the i think miserably said that this is, this is obviously going to great this because i think the naturally of this would be that it's not dying before so that it starts grading, it's shaina on, i didn't look at it and we already have seen that. so the bunch of things from russia and in addition to that, so we can do it quickly on the basis of the point from russia. in other words, it's like settings to meet the needs from russia, and through more or you into the market. but they have spent that to receive $27.00 . there's no question. can both be supposed to be all right, what is to be fine?

i mean, or be back in and you know, the one with a starting point in the new system. it won't work with you see, to complete the day, ma'am. with a lot. all right. ok, sorry, mr. welcome are we don't have any more time, but we really appreciate your input. that was former indian investor and for foreign service veteran m k. barbara kumar. thanks a lot. and the aftermath of biden's controversial trip to the middle east to ron has slammed his policy in the region,

accusing the u. s. of spreading iran phobic sentiments. the u. s. is once more trying to create tensions and crises across the region through relying on the failed policy of iran, a phobia, a joint statement released after biden's trip to israel emphasize to us lead efforts to prevent turan from building a nuclear bomb. biden has asserted that the u. s. could use military force against iran as a quote. last resort. earlier this week, iran's president promised a harsh response. danny escalation by washington or its allies. political analyst ad researcher christopher holly says that the united states and israel c a ran as a military target iran in 79 after the you know, the overthrow of the shop. they don't want to listen to washington, they wanted to have their own foreign policy. they were there very much for a different type of world order. and so you, what you see now is that you run is interested to join russia, china and other countries to really build that. and that ultimately, bryan wall street, it's in the us. the military had gemini,

and it's nato's overarching global dominance. so it's, it's very much a nerve wracking for the lead in washington. and in the new york city, in brussels, in vienna, in geneva. and the sad part is that the bite in the middle east, that the 1st one in the presidency was marked by its drug and iran sentiment. and that was both in israel's and also in saudi arabia. and we have to realize that this is judith islam declaration that fight and same with the israeli authorities. either really, it really is quite shocking because they're still leaving this military option, the table and the really they have iran, as it's i get. so i think very, very much this is a dangerous situation, and the iranian government is correct. it is under phobic. they are spreading it all over the region. ah, western sanctions against russia are only bringing suffering to 3rd world countries

like sri lanka, that's according to the impoverished nations interim president, speaking at an international forum for preventing hunger and famine, does look at the sanctions that are being in boys. and i thought says in this dance, any is sanction being russia, believe me the show on being rush. yeah. but it did mean that i saw the dog needs. meanwhile, sir, long as government has imposed fuel rationing at the latest attempt to bring the country's economic turmoil under control. that's as people queue up for hours or even days to top up at petrol stations. so long as energy minister has even urged residents not to wait in vain saying that only limited supplies will be handed out throughout the week. the country has been reeling from a profound crisis that has left it unable to import sufficient amounts of essential goods including fuel. some people have even been observed fighting over gasoline, as many residents have

a hard choice to make on whether to buy fuel or food. archie corresponded roon jones sharma explains how sri lumpkins are coping with the crisis. a shortage of fuel in a bankrupt country has led to prizes of all commodities, including rice, wheat, fruits and vegetables going to the roof with inflation. that's more than 50 percent . the prices are burning a hole in the buckets of she lumpkins. ordinarily this market would be buzzing with people at these above. but now with the prices of basics going up, trustee things that change. something like a banana, see for example, is also become a luxury for many, it's very expensive. come back to the full months ago. we don't consume fluids like those days. we just get this in show stuff. people have to pay the money. this is robbie with beans are not normally make the moment the island nation is running out to foreign currency,

deserves to import essentially lightens and its impact is hitting hot. lucas now counting on the changing political landscape of the country to reshape their economic future. despite goes by roger buck shells resignation. protests continue in sri lanka. it's d 100 and the crowd champs have gone from. gotta go back to ronald, go back. why people still hillary? i'm not at home. you me ask. not far on the demonstrations is peter sons lean invalid. what day in these small alleys? we still buy a house. it's around 7 in the evening and regina has just started making dinner. she has to feed a family of freaks including had 2 children with no gas. she was a scary thing to cook. her, she is just about finished cooking and as been a baba got she, her family are going to eat the meal. incomplete darkness, just like more stace,

the power won't come back for the next 5 hours or so. although the cuts have gotten better from a month ago, but it's still a daily affair. by dwelling on godaddy it with her only able to give all children milk wants to die down from 3 times previously. because men's powder is not too expensive. we'll try to feed our children 3 times a day, but we can barely manage to do it more than once or twice. we counted and gab basic madison fall. children, there are no on to buy out except local pharmacies or even at hospitals. routine e story is not just her story. it is the story of many of the 22000000 people in the country. and unlike the daily bava cutouts they plight will last much longer than a few hours. with no telling when things will improve. runjun sharma in colombo, 40 germany will not survive the winter without russian gas. that's a stark warning from senior german official, klaus mueller who heads a federal agency in charge of name,

natural gas supplies in the country drastically. rising energy prices have sparked protests across the u. ah, ah, a sanctions imposed by western powers against russia have been hurting their own economies. e u foreign policy chief joe set burrell has said that the measures require quote, strategic patients. as the chief economist at the institute of international finance robin brooks claims, despite facing unprecedented pressure from the west, rushes economy seems to be doing well. who rushes current account surplus usually shrinks in the summer months when western europe doesn't need gas for hitting. however, this year,

the surplus is 28200000000 and monster surplus of our own making rushes current account surplus. the universal measure of trade in goods and services has surpassed $70000000000.00. it's highest points since 1994. that's according to the most recent data released by the country central bank. meanwhile, vladimir putin says western sanctions will not deter moscow's economic growth is not through the currently, they are not only implementing restrictions against us. we're being denied access to foreign high tech products. they're attempting to contain our development. it is clear that we cannot develop in isolation from the rest of the world. and we want that in today's world. it is simply impossible to put a huge fence around an entire country. the isolation has not worked. obviously, russia's trade surplus as spiked despite violence sanctions being thrown by atlanta system because russia's directly benefited yet again from high oil and gas prices, which in part are necessary actually for trans atlantic,

high finance and central banking themselves to maintain their overbearing global economic influence. the sanctions are thus, you know, burning the village to save it, if you will. a sacrificing not just ukraine, but eminently, you know, any baltic stater scandinavian state that would want to get belligerent and turn and the european economy as well. or let's see what the next 8 months spring, for instance, across europe. the world clearly needs russian oil and natural gas, which actually cannot be fully sanctioned or even price kept without then molesting this trans atlantic finance is own delicate and increasingly mathematically untenable. arrangements a trial after conviction. that's what r t has called a new statement from british media regulator off. com, which is accused are outlet a failing to deliver impartiality. the watchdog has even threatened new sanctions against party, despite the fact that it has already revoked our

u. k license 4 months ago. the logic of these decisions mirrors the one guiding their delivery many months after off comes revocation of our t license. it is a trial after conviction, and r t is guilty of being russian and daring to voice a point of view and show facts unacceptable to the british political and media establishments. but he is not the only media outlet hit by sanctions as russian news agency. sputnik is also in the blacklist across the european union. earlier the europe ian commission, president proposed banning 3 other russian broadcasters. while in may, the us announced it would stop providing broadcast equipment and technologies for russian state owned channels a lot for more on this story. we're going to go live now to steve sweeney. he's an international editor of the morning star newspaper. steve, thanks a lot for joining us on the program. quite unexpected summary, right. published by the british media regulator. how logical do you think it is that this trial after conviction has been made for months after our

t license was revoked in the u. k? well, it is completely illogical. isn't it really that some, you know, today's ruling, i think found that 29 cases where he had been found to be reporting impartially on the situation in ukraine. now let's be clear what this is about. this is in reality, this is state sponsored censorship on an almost unprecedented scale. this is the sign of a weak government. this is a government afraid of the truth and it's afraid of losing control of the narrative . now i've had to look over the judgement. i've had a problem with the and a detailed report from of course i'm what it sets out appear to be perfectly reasonable news reports from the ground in particular, focused on the, on the don bus region. now, you know, we know the, the news is coming out of the region from the mainstream. western price isn't really reflecting the reality of on the ground. i myself have been inside ukraine

and i can tell you from 1st had an experience that the brit what's been relate to the british public in tune with what's happening. i was a cause threatened and when i was inside the country, i was threatened with execution. and there are other journalists, like even a canadian journalist, who is also paid on the government illness. and the german journalist alina lit, has been threatened with prison. now, you know, the situation inside you crate is means that there's only one need your organization and everything else has been subordinated to the will of care and the organizations like the bbc regarding not the times in the telegraph. i have been producing identical reports which don't deviate from the government narrative, so today's judgment is not surprising in a way because we know that forrest johnson, the british prime minister, had intervened earlier this year, calling for a reviewing to auntie and review into as you said, this is

a trying after the of the event, the license was revoked. i think of march, march the 18th. and the sanctions has led to that, you know, the broadcast license being, being revoked. so i'm not sure how they're going to proceed with it. and how are they going to impose any sanctions or any fines seeing as being or they can't accept any payment in rubles, it can't broadcast on, on, on another channel. so, you know, where we go from here is very ok. well steve, i have to say are press office ortiz, press office is wandering right now. what, what kind of other sanctions could possibly be imposed on the channel when it no longer broadcasts in the u. k, or europe? what do you think about that yet? well that's, that's, it is now i'm not sure where they can go from there. don't think there's any further assumptions that they could impose. but, you know, again, you know, just to reiterate the use of sanctions to control the median,

i would say is an absolute clump down on press freedom. and we've seen this time and time again from the government, which insisted it, you know, that it stands up for the truth. but they, they're, you know, they're sensing the truth. and i think that that's a very, very worrying precedent. and especially because, you know, the situation is, is, is very difficult. and i think people are now starting to see through the narrative that is being put forward, but by the western western press. because there are, you know, some journalists in social media is helping to cut through